From Puente Hill Hyundai Meet on 9/27/2009. I was about 1 and a half hours early heh.
More pics here.
Linky.
10/24/2009
Debadged the trunk a little, prepping for matte black badges.
Purchased a flip key fob case, transferred the guts, and cut the blade.
Pics from 1/16/2010:
This is how I set up my camera for in car videos. It's okay but there is too much noise from it being pineed between the back seat and pretty much the frame of the car.
2/20/2010: Glossy Black Roof Vinyl (Practice car #2 heh)
3/14/2010 - Meet and Drive
Went to a meet at Tuttle-Click Hyundai in Irvine.
Got a reflash from Power Axel.
After the meet, we went on a drive through Ortega Hwy (74).
Here is where we stopped.
And this was our view.
3/16/2010 - TWM Short Shifter
Supershort heh.
3/17/2010 - Forge VTA BoV
Not quite pew pew like HKS. Just a nice compressed air sound.
3/19/2010 - Got an LRG Wing Emblem came in today.
Color is spot on.
I think it'll look pretty good on the front grill.
Installed:
4/3/2010 - Borrowed wheels 20" Bronze 5 Axis
I've been trying to find a good color for wheel for my car, not wanting to follow others and go black wheels. So I "jacked" a friends 5 Axis wheels.
Barring the 4x4 ness I think they look pretty good. Springs being done next Sunday.
And just in case if you were wondering how 4x4 I am, rear stock is a 3 finger gap heh.
4/11/2010 - Tanabe Springs Installed
Okay springs installed
car is on a slight incline
stock wheels - I gave back the 5 Axis ones.
5/21/2010 - ARK 2.0T Dual Exhaust
Downpipe back
8/21/2010 - Dyno Day 215rwhp / 256 tq
This is just the first run. Unfortunately I was on the noisy dynojet. Will post graph when they email it to me, the printer wasn't working.
I have the ARK downpipe back exhaust, 18lbs PowerAxel Reflash, Forge Blow Off Valve.
Adding a little bit of rice but whatever heh. Good for meets and photoshoot stuffs.
9/2/2010 - Green CCFLs AEs and switchback LED turnsignals (white/amber) installed.
They are powered by the parking lights and have individual switches for each side for now.
9/22/2010 - Vertical Door Hinge installed
Okay got the VDI hinge installed and GCTuner rewired the AEs to run off the battery and a single switch, since I can't drive with them on and I don't wanna have my parking lights on the entire time of a "show".
Here she is with me, my brother, and 1 Vertical Door. My brother rides in my car every once in a while and I would rather not have it any harder for him (or for me to help him) to get in... maybe I can suicide the passenger door. I'm pretty sure he can still get in easily if I do that.
3/31/2011 - Green LED Dome Lights
4/2/2011 - Green Skull Shift Knob
Found this at WalMart and thought it looked neat. I had them universal rubber adaptors, that I really hate, so I took apart my stock knob and grabbed the piece with the threading from it. After cutting off the alignment bumps, it fit perfectly into the new shift knob. I painted that piece black for looks. With the shortshifter it sits at a great height and the throws are nice. It feels a tad lighter than the RRM metal shift knob but it's because all the weight is at the bottom (metal threading pressed into the plastic green skull) instead of over the entire thing.
4/3/2011 - WHEELS!!! XXR 006 Chromium Black with Green Lug nuts
I think it looks great. I am getting a little steering wheel shimmy on the freeway, even after getting them balanced 2 times, but it's not bad. Will get the alignment checked next weekend. I'll live with the shimmy since it is only on at freeway speeds and I normally take the street to work.
Update: 4/8/2011 Got rebalanced and alignment and all is gravy. TirePros rebalanced them correctly. No more shimmy or pull.
